Cindy Kallet is an American

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singer-songwriter from

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. She currently performs solo, with Grey Larsen, and as part of the trio of Kallet, Epstein & Cicone. Her first album, ''Working on Wings To Fly'' (1981), had songs about

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and New England. That album was also voted as one of the top 100 folk albums of the century by

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. Kallet studied biology at

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. Many of her songs feature imagery of wildlife. and Kallet has performed on

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shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Discography

* ''Working on Wings to Fly'' (1981,

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) * ''Cindy Kallet 2'' (1983, Folk-Legacy) * ''Angels in Daring'' (with Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; 1988, Overall Music) * ''Dreaming Down a Quiet Line'' (1989, Stone's Throw Music) * ''Only Human'' (with Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; 1993, Overall Music) * ''Neighbors'' (with

Gordon Bok Gordon Bok (born October 31, 1939) is an American folklorist and singer-songwriter, who grew up in Camden, Maine and is associated with music from New England. Career Bok's first album, self-titled, was produced by Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of ...

; 1996, Timberhead) * ''Leave the Cake in the Mailbox'' (2000, Stone's Throw Music; winner of a 2004 Parents' Choice Gold Award) * ''This Way Home'' (2000, Stone's Throw Music) * ''Cross the Water'' (with Grey Larsen; 2007) * ''Heartwalk'' (with Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; 2008)

References

External links

Official Web Site
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